Time, UTC, Julian Date, TLE epoch - how are they related quantitatively?

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Answer by Brandon Rhodes for Time, UTC, Julian Date, TLE epoch - how are they...

January 31, 2016, 2:34 pm

I often have to go read the Skyfield guide to dates and times to keep everything straight, but, briefly:A Julian Date is simply a rival way to name moments, that is simpler than our customary...

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Answer by wythagoras for Time, UTC, Julian Date, TLE epoch - how are they...

January 31, 2016, 10:19 pm

JulianDate basically counts the number of days since Jan 1, 4713 BC 12:00 UTC in the Julian calendar. However, that is a bit hard to understand since it is so long ago, uses a different calendar, and...

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Time, UTC, Julian Date, TLE epoch - how are they related quantitatively?

January 31, 2016, 10:19 pm

I am trying to understand the relationship (quantitatively) between JulianDate, UTC, and the epoch of Two Line Elements. It's a deep subject, especially if you include relativity, and a long subject -...

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